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New IAEA map reveals where world’s 494,000 tons of nuclear waste is stored
The world’s nuclear power plants have produced an estimated 448,000 tonnes (494,000 U.S. tons) ...
Decades ago, several countries disposed of barrels of nuclear waste in the middle of the Atlantic. Where exactly they are was unclear for a long time. An expedition is now uncovering them.
Learn how drop testing and analysis ensure waste container integrity for safe storage under extreme conditions.
LOS ALAMOS, N.M. (KRQE) — The National Nuclear Security Administration and Los Alamos National Laboratory have finished depressurizing four tritium waste containers that have been in storage since ...
A "milestone" in a UK Government's plan was reached last week when a final radioactive waste shipment reached Germany from ...
PARIS (Reuters) - Flaws found in the production of nuclear waste containers highlight gaps in the safety culture at French nuclear group Areva's nuclear waste recycling facility at La Hague in ...
Reliable radiographic methods for characterizing nuclear waste packages non-destructively (without the need to open containers) have the potential to significantly contribute to safe handling and ...
Long-term containment of high-level radioactive waste relies on engineered barriers, most commonly steel vessels clad with copper or alternative corrosion-resistant alloys. Corrosion processes evolve ...
Researchers sent a nuclear waste container on a 14,500-mile odyssey by truck, barge, cargo ship, and train in an effort to understand how well radioactive fuel would stand up to travel. That's ...
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